Waiting On is a mailbox in LocalInbox for mail you sent that asks for an answer and hasn't had one after three days, or the number you choose. An out-of-office reply doesn't count. Nudge writes a polite follow-up for you to edit and send, and Not Expecting a Reply takes a conversation off the list. It's worked out on your Mac from your own mail, with no server involved.
What goes in Waiting On
- Mail you sent that asks for an answer and hasn't had one.
- After three days, or the number you choose in Settings › General.
- An out-of-office reply doesn't count as an answer.
- Find it in the rail (⌃3), under To Reply in the full sidebar, and on Today.
Nudge
A conversation that's waiting says for how long and on whom: “Waiting 4 days for a reply from Dana and Sam.” Nudge opens a follow-up to the people your newest message went to.
With Apple Intelligence, a model server on your Mac or your own key, it's written for you, with your message for its tone. Without one, it starts from a plain line. Either way you edit it and send it: nothing goes by itself.
Not Expecting a Reply takes the conversation off the list.
Reminders
- Set “remind me if no reply” on a message you're writing, and LocalInbox tells you when it has waited too long.
- Settings › Notifications turns Waiting On reminders on or off, and a Focus can turn them off too.
- Reminders come even while LocalInbox is closed, as long as your Mac is on.
Questions
Does LocalInbox track whether my mail was opened?
No. Waiting On only looks at whether a reply has reached your own mailbox. It doesn't know whether anyone opened your message, and it adds nothing to find out.
Does Nudge send anything by itself?
No. It opens a draft for you to edit, and it goes only when you press Send, with Undo Send as usual.
Does it need Apple Intelligence?
No. Waiting On and its reminders work on any Mac with macOS 15 or later, and Nudge starts from a plain line. A model only writes the follow-up for you.
Is it on iPhone and iPad too?
Yes. A conversation that's waiting shows Nudge and Not Expecting a Reply, Settings › Mail sets how many days it waits, and Remind me is the bell in the composer's format bar. A reminder is taken back when the reply arrives, though one can come after a reply LocalInbox hasn't seen yet. LocalInbox for iPhone and iPad is on the App Store, with the same licence: https://localinbox.app/iphone